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After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s
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Re: After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  09 Jan 2019, 06:08
IMO B
Ensemble--singular noun,...
Was --correct verb for Ensemble

(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s--wrong, SV error

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s--correct

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the---worng, modifier error

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s--worng,modifier error

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s ---worng, modifier error
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Re: After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  09 Jan 2019, 06:26
Ya.B.easy peasy

A- subject verb error
C- “like” incorrect
D- all sorts of errors
E- who is they...???

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After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  15 Oct 2020, 03:15
Bunuel wrote:
After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s



Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences
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Re: After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  17 Oct 2020, 09:32
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Abir77 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s



Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences




(B) the country touted the ensemble like the best group in decades - Like only precedes a noun, but not a phrase.

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Re: After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  18 Oct 2020, 12:42
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Abir77 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
After this year’s record-shattering January performance in Madison Square Garden, the ensemble were touted as the country’s best new group in decades; no critic or reviewer had anything but praise for the young musicians.


(A) the ensemble were touted as the country’s

(B) the ensemble was touted as the country’s

(C) the country touted the ensemble like the

(D) touting the ensemble as the country’s

(E) they were touting the ensemble as the country’s



Can anyone tell me what's wrong with c. B is passive, i thought Gmat prefers active sentences

as santoshx correctly pointed out the usage of "like" is incorrect.
Also, if I may, the GMAT has no preference between active and passive. Please do not eliminate a sentence just because it is in passive voice.
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Re: After this years record-shattering January performance in Madison Squ [#permalink] New post  27 May 2023, 08:22
Modification Mistake.... Eliminate C D E...

Between... A,B...
B win... On the basis of S..V Agreement mistake...

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